Kettle-lid.



MINNIE JANE TRETT, OF ARKNSAS CITY, ARKANSAS.

KETTLE-LID.

specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Dec. 17 1907.'

Applicant man 6.1907. serai No. 372,053.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MINNIE JANE TRETT, citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Desha and State of Arkansas, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kettle-Lids, of which the following is a specification.

ThisI invention relates .to cooking utensils,

`and more particularly to lids therefor, and has for its object to provide a kettle lid having a drain opening and a slide movablev into and out of position to cover the openin to prevent the assa 'e of matter of certain c aract'er theret roug Anotherobject is to provide a lid of this kind, including also a handle located to limit the movement of the above mentioned slide.

@ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that changes in the speciiic structure shown and described may be made within the scope of' the claims, without departing frcmthe spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1. is aperspective view of the present lid, Fig. 2. is a transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a circular' lid 5, having a drain opening 6 therein adjacent to and opening through its periphery. .At opposite sides oi' this opening, the metal of the lid is bent upwardly to form guides 7, which are parallel, as shown, and slidably engaged in these guides, there is a metallic plate 8, having `a plurality of perforations 9 therein,` at its outer end.

The plate 8 is transversely reduced at its -inner portion, and this reduced portion is turned upwardly as shown at 10, to form a ringer piece, by which the slide may be moved. Secured to the lid 5 centrally there.- of and opposite to the inner end of the slide 8, there is a handle 11, which is thus located in the path of `movement oi the slide, and in position to receive the latter thereagainst and limit the movement thereof, to prevent vits disengagement romthe guide.` l It will be seen thatthe handle 11 is so located that the thumbof the user may be placed thereagainst, while the lin ers engage the linger piece 10, to move the. s ide.

Mounted upon they slide 8, there are a pair of parallel guides 12, forme-d bybendin'g the edge portions of the vslide inwardly upon itself, as shown at A, then upwardly as shown.

at B, and then inwardly as shown at C, the

guides being thus located inwardly iof' the guides 7. A supplemental plate 13 is' slidably en aged in the guides 12, for movement into and out of position to cover the-perforations 9, and the plate 13 is also provided with al reduced upwardly turned inner end portion forming a finger piece 14.

kIn use, when cooking potatoes or'other large articles, and itis desired to drain the kettle, the slide 8 may be moved into inoperative position, and the li uid poured olf through the opening 6. qWhen cooking small articles, of the size to pass through thel opening 6, the slide 8 is allowed to remain in operative position and the su plemental plate V13 is slid to uncover the per orations 9 when the liquid may be poured ofl" therethrough.

lVhat is claimed is: The combination with a kettle lid having an opening therein adjacent to and opening through its periphery, said lid having portions thereof at opposite sides of thel opening bent to form parallel guides, of a slide movably engaged in the guides and having its side edge portions bent inwardly upon itself and then upwardly and again inwardly to form guides, said slide having perforations between the guides and having its inner end portion bent upwardly to form anger piece, a plate engaged in the guides of the slide for movement into and out of position to cover the pe'rl'orationsof the slide,` said plate having its inner end,portion bent upwardly to i form aiinger piece, and a handle for the lid located to receive the finger piece of the slide thereagainst to limit the inward movement of the slide.

In testimony whereof she aflixes. her signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MINNIE JANE TEETT.

Witnesses:

C. C. HAYNES, R. F. CLARKE. 

